Accra, September 22, 2017//-Ghana’s Road Transport Operators have asked transport drivers in the country not to increase their fares despite recent hikes in petroleum prices.
Giving the warning in a press release issued in Accra today after a meeting, it said stakeholders in the transport sector agreed that there should be no increase in fares from the fuel price increases.
It added: “We as transport operators have monitored the increases and decreases in the prices of fuel from April, 2017 when we had the recent transport fare increase to date,” a release issued after the meeting said.
“We have noted that the Net Position does not create a significant increase to warrant increase in transport fares. “In view of the above, all transport operators are NOT TO INCREASE TRANSPORT FARES and we seek the operation of members in this regard”, the release stated.
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